Hi. I've tried googling the subject and have found scholarly articles and I'm not that smart, lol.
My dad has been to the hospital about 4-5 times now in the last 6 months ever since he had a Foley catheter for UTIs that cannot be cured orally. Is this just his life now? Why is this happening? Is one of them just eventually going to be really bad and harm him severely? He already went into Septic shock in April (before Foley) but I feel the nursing home and myself are more on top of his care now and will hopefully prevent things from going unnoticed again.
I just don't know what I can do. Probably nothing. But I wish I was more educated. I know UTIs are more common with catheters. But every month? And that need IVs? Will he eventually build up resistances to all these antibiotics?
Thank you.
The scientific community is not quite completely sure why it works but since it is a simple sugar, you cannot "overdose" on it and there are no side effects. It may or may not work depending on the reasons why your LO is getting his UTIs. For elderly women, it is not only a hygiene issue, but also their pH and hormones change, and their physiology changes so that their bladders do not fully empty anymore. All I know is this works for my LO and it is low risk for your Father. If he has diabetes I would make sure to clear it with his physician first. I bought mine on Amazon.com. Since it is a simple sugar you can open the capsules and but it in his food -- it's not bitter like most other meds.
I don’t know about supplements. When I was taking care of my Mr. he started having UTI problems, going to the hospital, getting his catheter reinserted etc too.
all I started doing was mandating the caregivers to carefully wash his penis throughly every night and put Desitin on it like a baby. Move the folds of skin, wash, rinse, pat dry - the whole 9 yards. He didn’t get infections this way unless they started getting lazy about it. Because I was a caregiver too I could monitor their work.
Otherwise I don’t know how to answer your question and I’m so sorry; what a dreadful problem to deal with. Good luck
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